TEM57: Lauren Pierce on building a popular YouTube channel, knowing when to quit and teaching herself how to code

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TEM57: Lauren Pierce on building a popular YouTube channel, knowing when to quit and teaching herself how to code

Lauren Pierce is a professional bass player, teacher and entrepreneur.

Topics Covered:

  • How she went from only being accepted to one music school to being a professional bass player

  • Why she changed course multiple times before she even finished school

  • How isolation after school and a lack of anyone to perform for inspired her to start her incredibly popular YouTube Channel

  • How she always jumps in head first whenever she tackles any new project

  • What she learned by having a less-than-ideal first video shoot

  • How she went from being terrified of video editing to loving it

  • How you don't know what you don't know when you are first embarking on a new task

  • How her online content directly led to her getting an agent

  • How she built her Skype lesson studio

  • What went into deciding to go with a membership-based model for online lessons

  • Why she joined Codecademy and learned how to code

  • Being willing to email Wordpress support 10x a day until she understood everything

  • How all failures are a learning opportunity

  • When to quit and when not to quit

  • How she prioritizes things

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Favorite Quote:

"The work never stops. You just get better at opening those doors."

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Produced by Austin Boyer of FredBrass